son of Nicholas and Barbara Schneider
wife Susanna DeBenneville
sometimes called John the Younger
Bio Information
John Keim, merchant and capitalist; b. in Oley Twp, 6th July, 1749; d. 10th February, 1819, at Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1775 was a private in Peter Nagle's Company of Associators, Col. Nicholas Lotz's Battalion Continental Army; served in the campaign of 1777 in Pennsylvania and in 1778 was Fifth Captain in Colonel Weaver's 5th Battalion of Berks Co Militia. From 1787 to 1790, Co-Commissioner of Berks Co; at one time was a Burgess of Reading; was promoter of the first bridge built across the Schuylkill at Reading, Pennsylvania; he was a musician and the richest man of his day in Reading; m. at Milestown, Philadelphia Co, 15th October, 1771, Susanna De Benneville, b. 15th May, 1748, d. 15th June, 1837, dau. of Dr. George and Esther (De Bertolet) De Benneville.
Source: "Colonial Families of the United States of America" Volume 4
Gravesite Details
Originally buried in the Episcopal and Lutheran Burial Ground, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Source: "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks Co, Pennsylvania" compiled by Morton L. Montgomery, (Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co, 1909), page 329.∼John Keim, Hardware Merchant, was born at Oley, Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 6th, 1749. He was the only son of Nicholas Keim. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and in the fall of 1777, marched with Colonel Lutz's Battalion to reinforce the army under General Washington. Like his father, he was a man of stern integrity. He studied with delight the ethical writers of England, Germany, and France, and was rigid in his efforts to promote virtue by well-doing and a simplicity of life. He took a great interest in everything relative to the prosperity of the borough and county. He was one of the Burgesses of Reading, after its incorporation, and was a Commissioner of the county from 1787 to 1790. In his business, he amassed a large fortune; as a creditor he was ever lenient, and his numerous tenantry respected him as a kind landlord. He was married, October 15th, 1771, to Susanna, daughter of Dr. George de Benneville. He died, February l0th, 1819, leaving three sons and one daughter.
Source: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1874, pp. 353.
son of Nicholas and Barbara Schneider
wife Susanna DeBenneville
sometimes called John the Younger
Bio Information
John Keim, merchant and capitalist; b. in Oley Twp, 6th July, 1749; d. 10th February, 1819, at Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1775 was a private in Peter Nagle's Company of Associators, Col. Nicholas Lotz's Battalion Continental Army; served in the campaign of 1777 in Pennsylvania and in 1778 was Fifth Captain in Colonel Weaver's 5th Battalion of Berks Co Militia. From 1787 to 1790, Co-Commissioner of Berks Co; at one time was a Burgess of Reading; was promoter of the first bridge built across the Schuylkill at Reading, Pennsylvania; he was a musician and the richest man of his day in Reading; m. at Milestown, Philadelphia Co, 15th October, 1771, Susanna De Benneville, b. 15th May, 1748, d. 15th June, 1837, dau. of Dr. George and Esther (De Bertolet) De Benneville.
Source: "Colonial Families of the United States of America" Volume 4
Gravesite Details
Originally buried in the Episcopal and Lutheran Burial Ground, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Source: "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks Co, Pennsylvania" compiled by Morton L. Montgomery, (Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co, 1909), page 329.∼John Keim, Hardware Merchant, was born at Oley, Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 6th, 1749. He was the only son of Nicholas Keim. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and in the fall of 1777, marched with Colonel Lutz's Battalion to reinforce the army under General Washington. Like his father, he was a man of stern integrity. He studied with delight the ethical writers of England, Germany, and France, and was rigid in his efforts to promote virtue by well-doing and a simplicity of life. He took a great interest in everything relative to the prosperity of the borough and county. He was one of the Burgesses of Reading, after its incorporation, and was a Commissioner of the county from 1787 to 1790. In his business, he amassed a large fortune; as a creditor he was ever lenient, and his numerous tenantry respected him as a kind landlord. He was married, October 15th, 1771, to Susanna, daughter of Dr. George de Benneville. He died, February l0th, 1819, leaving three sons and one daughter.
Source: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1874, pp. 353.
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